List of classical Japanese texts

This is a list of texts written in classical Japanese, grouped by genres and in chronological order.

Buddhism

 * Sangyō Gisho
 * Shōmangyō Gisho (611)
 * Yuimagyō Gisho (613)
 * Hokke Gisho (615)
 * Gangōji Garan Engi (747)
 * Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (late Nara period)
 * Sangō Shiiki (794)
 * Ōjōyōshū (985)
 * heike nōkyō (1164)
 * Senchaku Hongan Nenbutsushū (1189)
 * Shōbōgenzō (mid 13th century)
 * Kyogyoshinsho (Kamakura period)
 * Tannisho (late Kamakura period)
 * Denkoroku (late Kamakura period)

Confucianism and philosophy

 * Go Rin no Sho 1645
 * Fudōchi Shinmyōroku (unknown)
 * Rongo Shitsuchu (1600)
 * Okina Mondō (1641)
 * Daigaku Kuwakumon (1655–1658)
 * Seikyo Yoroku (1665)
 * Shugi Washo (1673)
 * Gomo Jiki (1683)
 * Banmin Tokuyo (early 16th century)
 * Santokushō (early 16th century)
 * Dojimon (1704)
 * Shugi Gaisho (1709)
 * Rongo Kogi (1712)
 * Yojokun (1713)
 * Seiyō Kibun (1715)
 * Bendo (1717)
 * Benmei (1717)
 * Oritaku Shiba no Ki (started in 1716), finished before the writer's death in 1725)
 * Seidan (written between 1716 and 1736)
 * Tohi Mondo (1739)
 * Shutsujo Kougo (1744)
 * Shizen Shineido (partially published between 1751 and 1764)
 * Kokuiko (1765)
 * Naobinomitama (1771)
 * Gengo (1775)
 * Sobo Kigen (1788)
 * Uiyamabumi (1799)
 * Shutsujo Shogo (1811)
 * Rangaku Kotohajime (1814)
 * Kyukeidan (1815)
 * Yume no Shiro (1820)
 * Kodo Taii (1824)
 * Tsugi (completed in 1832, published in 1847)
 * Senshin Dosakki (1833)
 * Kyuo Dowa (1835)
 * Jurinhyo (1836)
 * Genshi Shiroku
 * Genshiroku (1824)
 * Genshi Koroku (1838)
 * Genshi Banroku (1850)
 * Genshi Tetsuroku (1852)
 * Komo Yowa (1855)
 * Ugen (1855)
 * Bimiyu Genko (mid 19th century)
 * Ninomiyaou Yowa (late 19th century)

Diary

 * Nittō Guhō Junreikōki (836-847)
 * Kanpyō Gyoki (887-897), written by Emperor Uda
 * Teishin Kōki (908-948), written by Fujiwara no Tadahira
 * Tosa Nikki (c. 935), written by Ki no Tsurayuki
 * Kagerō Nikki (c. 974)
 * Midō Kampakuki (998-1021), written by Fujiwara no Michinaga
 * Gonki (991-1017), written by Fujiwara no Yukinari
 * Shōyūki (982-1032), written by Fujiwara no Sanesuke
 * Izumi Shikibu Nikki (1008), written by Izumi Shikibu
 * Murasaki Shikibu Nikki (The Murasaki Shikibu Diary) (1008–10)
 * Sarashina Nikki (1020–59)
 * Shunki (1038–54), written by Fujiwara no Sukefusa
 * Tokinoriki (1075–1108), written by Taira no Tokinori
 * Gonijō Moromichi-ki (1083–99), written by Fujiwara no Moromichi
 * Chūyūki (1087–1132), written by Fujiwara no Munetada
 * Heihanki (1132–71), written by Taira no Nobunori
 * Taiki (1136–55), written by Fujiwara no Yorinaga
 * Gyokuyō (1164–1200), written by Fujiwara no Kanezane
 * Meigetsuki (1180–1235), written by Fujiwara no Teika
 * Heikoki (1196–1246), written by Taira no Tsunetaka
 * Sanuki no Suke Nikki, written by Fujiwara no Nagako
 * Towazugatari (1271–1306), written by Go-Fukakusa In no Nijō
 * Izayoi Nikki (c. 1283), written by Abutsu-ni
 * Nakatsukasa no Naishi Nikki (1280–92), written by Fujiwara no Tsuneko
 * Entairyaku (1311–60), written by Tōin Kinkata
 * Hanazono Tennō Shinki (1310–32), written by Emperor Hanazono
 * Kanmon Nikki (1416–48), written by Prince Sadafusa
 * Sakkaiki (1418–48), written by Nakayama Sadachika
 * Chikamoto Nikki (1465–86), written by Ninagawa Chikamoto
 * Tokikuni Kyōki (1474–1502), written by Yamashina Tokikuni
 * Sanetaka Kōki (1474–1536), written by Sanjōnishi Sanetaka
 * Nobutane Kyōki (1480–1522), written by Nakamikado Nobutane
 * Tokitsugu Kyōki (1527–76), written by Yamashina Tokitsugu
 * Uwai Kakuken Nikki (1574–86), written by Uwai Satokane
 * Tokitsune Kyōki (1576–1608), written by Yamashina Tokitsune
 * Tamonnin Nikki (1478–1618), written by Eishun and others
 * Honkō Kokushi Nikki (1610–33), written by Ishin Sūden

Dictionary, Encyclopedia

 * Tenrei Banshō Meigi (830-835)
 * Shinsen Jikyō (898-901)
 * Wamyō Ruijushō (934)
 * Ruiju Myōgishō (1081–1100)
 * Iroha Jiruishō (1144–65)
 * Jikyōshū (c. 1245)
 * Kagakushū (1444)
 * Setsuyōshū (1469–87)
 * Onkochishinsho (1484)
 * Wagokuhen (c. 1489)
 * Nippo Jisho (1603)
 * Wakan Sansai Zue (1713)

Fable and novel

 * Suigakuki (late Nara period)
 * Nihon Ryōiki (810-824)
 * Yamato Monogatari (956)
 * Sanpō Ekotoba (984)
 * Nihon Ōjō Gokurakuki (985-986)
 * Taketori Monogatari (early 10th century)
 * Utsubo Monogatari (c. 989)
 * Genji Monogatari (c. 1008)
 * Honchō Hokke Genki (1040)
 * Ise Monogatari (early Heian period)
 * Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari (late Heian period, late 11th century)
 * Kohon Setsuwashū (late Heian period)
 * Sagoromo Monogatari (late Heian period)
 * Torikaebaya Monogatari (late Heian period)
 * Yoru no Nezame (late Heian period)
 * Heichū Monogatari (Heian period)
 * Honchō Shinsenden (Heian Period)
 * Ochikubo Monogatari (Heian period)
 * Gōdanshō (1104–1108)
 * Uchigikishū (1134?)
 * Matsuuramiya Monogatari (1193?)
 * Konjaku Monogatarishū (early 12th century)
 * Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari (late 12th century)
 * Hobutsushu (early Kamakura period)
 * Hosshinshū (early Kamakura period)
 * Sumiyoshi Monogatari (early Kamakura period)
 * Takamura Monogatari (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
 * Uji Shūi Monogatari (early Kamakura period, early 13th century)
 * Ima Monogatari (mid Kamakura period, after 1239)
 * Towazugatari (late Kamakura period)
 * Iwashimizu Monogatari (Kamakura period)
 * Koke no Koromo (Kamakura period)
 * Senjoshū (Kamakura period)
 * Jikkunshō (1252)
 * Kokin Chomonjo (1254)
 * Shasekishū (1283)
 * Otogizōshi (collected from Muromachi to Edo period)
 * Kazashi no Himegimi (Muromachi period)
 * Seisuishō (1628)
 * Isoho Monogatari (Azuchi Momoyama period)
 * Ugetsu Monogatari (1776)
 * Ukiyoburo (1809–1813)
 * Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (1802–1814)

Go and shogi

 * Igoshiki (1199)
 * Shōgi Zushiki (1636), written by Ōhashi Sōko
 * Sho Shōgi Zushiki (1694)
 * Shōgi Rokushu no Zushiki (unknown)
 * Igo Hatsuyōron (1713)
 * Shogi Kenshoku (1804)

History

 * Jūshichi-jō Kenpō (604)
 * Kokki (620)
 * Tennōki (620)
 * Ōmiryō (668)
 * Teiki (681)
 * Asuka Kiyomihara Ritsuryō (681-689)
 * Iki no Hakatoko no Sho (late 7th century)
 * Taihō Ritsuryō (701)
 * Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu (c. 710)
 * Kyūji (< 712)
 * Kojiki (712)
 * Yōrō Ritsuryō (718)
 * Nihon Shoki (720)
 * Fudoki (712-733?)
 * Hitachi Fudoki (715)
 * Harima no Kuni Fudoki (715)
 * Bungo no Kuni Fudoki (>732)
 * Izumu no Kuni Fudoki (733)
 * Tōshi Kaden (c. 760–766)
 * Takahashi Ujibumi (c. 789)
 * Shoku Nihongi (797)
 * Kogo Shūi (807)
 * Shinsen Shōjiroku (815)
 * Nihon Kōki (840)
 * Shoku Nihon Kōki (869)
 * Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (879)
 * Ruijū Kokushi (892)
 * Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (901)
 * Engishiki (927)
 * Eiga Monogatari (late Heian period)
 * Ōkagami (late Heian period)
 * Kuji Hongi (Heian period)
 * Shōmonki (c. 940)
 * Fusō Ryakuki (12th century)
 * Imakagami (c. 1170 and 1178)
 * Mizukagami (late 12th century)
 * Hogen Monogatari (1220?)
 * Azuma Kagami (late 13th century)
 * Shaku Nihongi (late 13th century)
 * Genpei Seisuiki (late Kamakura period)
 * Jinnō Shōtōki (1339?)
 * Heike Monogatari (1371)
 * Masukagami (1374?)
 * Taiheiki (late 14th century)
 * Baishōron (Muromachi period)
 * Gikeiki (Muromachi period)
 * Sandaiki (early Muromachi period)
 * Soga Monogatari (early Muromachi period)
 * Meitokuki (late Muromachi period)
 * Gukanshō (1465)
 * Oninki (late 15th century)
 * Shinchoki (1600?) - Commonly called Shinchokoki
 * Shinchoki (1604)
 * Mikawa Monogatari (1625–1626)
 * Nihon Ōdai Ichiran (1652)
 * Taikōki (1625–1661)
 * Honchō Tsugan (1644–1647, 1670)
 * Kouyou Gunkanki (early 17th century)
 * Hankanfu (1702)
 * Tokushi Yoron (1712)
 * Koshitsu (1716)
 * Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu (1785)
 * Kaikoku Heidan (1791)
 * Keisei Hisaku (1789–1801)
 * Saiiki Monogatari (around 18th century)
 * Nihon Gaishi (early 18th century)
 * Ryushi Shinron (mid 18th century)
 * Kondo Hisaku (late Edo period)
 * Nihon Seiki (late Edo period)
 * Shinron (late Edo period)
 * Shoku Hankanfu (1806)
 * Yasou Dokugo (1806)
 * Keikodan (1813)
 * Shinkiron (1838)
 * Yume Monogatari (1838)
 * Kaitenshishi (1844)
 * Tokushi Zeigi (1852)
 * Seikenroku (1854)
 * Shozan Taiwa (1864)
 * Shozan Kanwa (1865)
 * Hikawa Seiwa (1897)
 * Dai Nihon Shi (started in 1657, completed in 1906)

Mathematics, science

 * Ishinpō (984)
 * Jinkōki (1627)
 * Katsuyo Sanpo (mid Edo period)
 * Kenkon Bensetsu (mid Edo period)
 * Hatsubi Sanpō (1674)
 * Kyuritsu (1836)
 * Sekka Zusetsu (1835)
 * Zoku Sekka Zusetsu (1840)

Kanshi

 * Kaifūsō (751)
 * Ryōunshū (814)
 * Bunka Shūreishū (c. 818)
 * Keikokushū (827)
 * Fusōshū (c. 995–999)
 * Wakan Rōeishū (c. 1013)
 * Honchō Monzui (mid 11th century)
 * Gōrihōshū (c. 1071)
 * Wakankensakushū (1277–79)

Waka

 * Bussokuseki-kahi (c. 753)
 * Man'yōshū (>759)
 * Kakyō Hyōshiki (772)
 * Shinsen Man'yōshū (early 10th century)
 * Iseshū (after 939)
 * Amanotekorashū (late 10th century)
 * Tomonorishū (late 10th century)
 * Kingyoku Wakashū (1007–11)
 * Wakanrōeishū (1018)
 * Yorizaneshū (after 1044)
 * Zōkihōshishū (mid 11th century)
 * Shōryōshū (1078)
 * Gensanmi Yorimasashū (1173–78)
 * Chōshūeisō (1178)
 * Tsuneiekyōshū (c. 1182)
 * Sankashū (late 12th century)
 * Kinkai Wakashū (c. 1213)
 * Kenrei-mon In Ukyō No Daibu Shū (c. 1233)
 * Fūyō Wakashū (1271)
 * Wakankensakushū (1277–79)
 * Shokugenyō Wakashū (1323–24)
 * Shūgyokushū (c. 1328)
 * Renri Hishō (c. 1349)
 * Tsukubashū (1356)
 * Shinyō Wakashū (1381)
 * Shinsen Tsukubashū (1495)
 * Kanginshū (1518)
 * Shinsen Inutsukubashū (after 1524)
 * Nijūichidaishū (21 imperial collections of Japanese poetry)
 * 1) Kokin Wakashū (c. 920)
 * 2) Gosen Wakashū (951)
 * 3) Shūi Wakashū (1005–1007)
 * 4) Goshūi Wakashū (1086)
 * 5) Kin'yō Wakashū (1124–27)
 * 6) Shika Wakashū (1151–54)
 * 7) Senzai Wakashū (1187)
 * 8) Shin Kokin Wakashū (1205)
 * 9) Shinchokusen Wakashū (1234)
 * 10) Shokugosen Wakashū (1251)
 * 11) Shokukokin Wakashū (1265)
 * 12) Shokushūi Wakashū (1278)
 * 13) Shingosen Wakashū (1303)
 * 14) Gyokuyō Wakashū (1313–14)
 * 15) Shokusenzai Wakashū (1320)
 * 16) Shokugoshūi Wakashū (1325–26)
 * 17) Fūga Wakashū (1344–46)
 * 18) Shinsenzai Wakashū (1359)
 * 19) Shinshūi Wakashū (1364)
 * 20) Shingoshūi Wakashū (1383–84)
 * 21) Shinshokukokin Wakashū (1439)

Haikai

 * Fuyu no hi (1684)
 * Haru No Hi (1686)
 * Arano (1689)
 * Hisago (1690)
 * Sarumino (1691)
 * Sumidawara (1694)
 * Oku no Hosomichi (1702)

Zuihitsu

 * Chiteiki (982)
 * Makura no Sōshi (1002)
 * Hōjōki (1212)
 * Tsurezuregusa (c. 1330)